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Payroll, Time & Attendance SpecialistMaersk · South Africa, Durban, 4319
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Payroll, Time & Attendance Specialist

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🗓️ Posted 2026-10-21 South Africa, Durban, 4319 Full-time Hybrid Accounting
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 18,000 DKK–28,000 DKK/mo

About the Company

You are data, systems and process savvy in the Payroll, Time & Attendance domain and are excited about putting your deep expertise at work in the transition into new technology and processes at Maersk. Solid experience (5-8 years) in Payroll, Time & Attendance processes, within a complex international organization. Solid experience working in a wage environment. Solid experience working with Bargaining Councils. Strong knowledge of compliance and legal regulations for payroll & benefits In South Africa. In depth tax knowledge, social security and retirement savings (Pension, Provident and Retirement Annuity) knowledge in South Africa Basic accounting knowledge. Ability to effectively engage and mobilize diverse local HR stakeholders. A proactive, 'let's get it done' attitude geared towards continuous improvement. Flexibility and adaptability to operate in a fast-paced, developing project environment, taking ownership, and setting directions with minimal guidance. Resilience: the change process, is anything but straightforward; accepting uncertainty and bouncing back from setbacks while keeping your enthusiasm is a tall order, but we need it. Collaborative working style, fostering cooperation and teamwork to find solutions. Highly analytical approach with a strong eye for detail. Structured working style and focus on delivering results as per agreed timescales and scope. In addition to the responsibilities described in this job requisiti

Responsibilities

  • ● Your main responsibilities will be to:
  • ● Manage pre-payroll, on-cycle payroll, off-cycle payroll processes for weekly and monthly paid employees.
  • ● Validate payroll results & provide reconciliations based on control reports.
  • ● Ensure timely Statutory and Third Party Payments and Reporting.
  • ● Adjust basic time configuration of systems after initial implementation, as approved/required.
  • ● Track payroll deliverables through defined payroll metrics.
  • ● Be risk aware and help identify, report, mitigate and track risks in the payroll delivery process.
  • ● Support the Payroll Team Lead in providing necessary data and clarifications to questions raised by audit - internal and external.
  • ● Participate in Time and Attendance initiatives including system upgrades, communication of changes to People Partners, testing and documenting all changes for historical and record retention policies, project support as needed.
  • ● Interface with People Partners to support employee/ leader queries.
  • ● Identify improvement opportunities in regional processes and raises them to global process Leader(s).

Benefits

  • ● When you join Maersk, you'll find that the world is your workplace. You'll work in a culturally diverse, stimulating environment, surrounded by new ideas and different ways of doing things. We believe in individual performance within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive values. To us teamwork means acceptance, respect, dedication, and the idea that we can achieve more when we all pull together.
  • ● Living our values means competing in the marketplace in an ethical way so our name is synonymous with being a credible and valuable business partner. Through Constant Care and Humbleness, we strive to prepare for the future, while never forgetting that our customers and competitors are key to our ability to improve. In our daily work, Uprightness and Our Employees mean that transparency and accountability in everything we do go hand in hand with being an inspiring, challenging place to work. At Maersk, we take pride in hiring the best person for the job - irrespective of gender, age, nationality, or religious belief.